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Blaise Bellaire WHAT even was that?!
Paige liked the Gryffindor well enough and thought he was a hard worker and great asset to her team - even if his quill got the best of his writing and caused her a real migraine at times when it came to editing - but she was having a VERY difficult time stomaching his opinion. That sort of thing, although her imagination had come up with some more colorful language, was precisely why she was so uncomfortable with the question being posed on the first place. Thus...the Hufflepuff was just gaping at him. Quite obviously as she was hardly subtle when it came to emotional responses.
So much so that she nearly missed class moving on and DID miss the professor's response to to entirely. Sorry, no offense meant to you, professor.
It was only after a few of her classmates answered did the Hufflepuff stop her blatant staring and quiet fuming to pay attention and kind-of-sort-of piece together what had been asked in the first place. Something about...being able to use magic...and...um...oh okay. She thought she had it.
Taking a moment to reflect on her own day-to-day use, the only magic that she really capitalized on was her ability to apparate. Which, in all honesty, since turning 17 had made certain private affairs so much easier and she was ever grateful for it...but could she live without it? Well, she wouldn't die if she had to use the train...so she supposed yes? But in her chosen field post Hogwarts, it was more of the knowledge of magic that was important rather than actual application. At least at the base level.
"Professor?" Paige said, hand raised and with the intent of asking a question rather than answering. "Do you mean just lacking the capability of performing magic but still with the access to the knowledge of its usage? Not just spells but...potions and other magical subjects?" She pause for a moment, looking around the class a bit sheepishly.
Which was really...asking the difference between living like a Squib and living like a Muggle...
"Because...when I was underage I honestly felt more for Squibs and appreciated the bravery of those who fought to integrate into wizarding society rather than escape to the Muggle because of the stigma placed upon that particular status in our society. Having all that knowledge and potential at their fingertips but without the permission - in my case from wizarding law and in theirs genes - to perform."
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